Rachael E. Bonoan, ecologist doing fieldwork

Hi, I’m Dr. Bonoan!

I love thinking about food.

More specifically, I enjoy thinking about when food is available to insects and how this availability affects insect health and nutrition. Insect pollinators are a great system for my research because we can observe and quantify their food sources–flowers! Insect pollinators visit flowers to collect protein-rich pollen and/or carbohydrate-rich nectar.

PhD Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, Tufts University

BS Biology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Complete Academic CV

Current Members

Claire Crowther
Env. Biology
UG 2027

Anna Tattelman
Env. Biology
UG 2027

Elizabeth Glasspool
Env. Biology
UG 2026

Riley Quirk
Env. Biology
UG 2026

Grace O’Brien
Biology
UG 2026

Billy Dunne
Economics, Psych.
Tufts UG 2014

Pets

Pancakes
2024 –
Mexican red-knee tarantula

Waffles
2021 – 2024
Greenbottle blue tarantula
Co-parented with Waters Lab

Swifties & JoBros
2021 – 2022
Cecropia moths
Raised from eggs

Interested in joining us?

Send me an email or stop by my office!

Science Complex 02-23
Providence College, Biology Department
1 Cunningham Square, Providence, RI

rbonoan@providence.edu

Past Members

Jalynn Booker
Env. Biology
UG 2022

Courtney Caccamo
Env. Biology, Psych.
UG 2023

Kaelin Ferland
Env. Biology
UG 2023

Isabelle Heron
Env. Biology
UG 2023

Caitlin McHugh
Env. Biology, Economics
UG 2024

Maggie Ritchie
Env. Biology
UG 2025

Kaitlyn Bresnahan
Biology
UG 2025

Aidan Castricone
Env. Biology
UG 2024

Cassie Fetter
Biology
UG 2024

Kate Hickey
Env. Biology
UG 2024

Angela Pena
Biology
UG 2025

Gracey Sorensen
Biology
UG 2023

Katherine Burke
Biology
UG 2024

Greyson Ciesluk
Biology
UG 2021

Breelyn Gilbert
Biology, Psych.
UG 2024

Matt Look
Env. Biology
UG 2022

Alexa Pudlo
Env. Biology
UG 2022

Chris Walsh
Env. Biology
UG 2025